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==Notebook==
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'''May 25, 2010 to May 29, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Davidson traveled to Missouri Western and further discussed project ideas</li>
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''June 1, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Tested to find lethal concentration of Tet in plated and liquid mediums</li>
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<li>Verified RCBS with our sequences and researched codon optimization methods</li>
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<li>Analyzed probabilities for constructs A and B</li>
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<li>Learned lab protocols and organized lab
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<li>Created list of needed parts and parts we need
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''June 2, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Mini prepped, diagnostic RP digest, preparative digest, ligation, pBAD+RBS-RFP </li>
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<li>Researched different ways to optimize a gene</li>
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<li>Began simulation for Constructs A and B</li>
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<li>Learned miniprep and digestion protocols
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<li>Learned how to document gels
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''June 3, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Mini prepped, diagnostic RP digest, preparative digest, ligation, pBAD+RBS-RFP </li>
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<li>Researched restriction sites and created proposal for gene optimization</li>
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<li>Continued work on simulation in Java and Matlab</li>
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<li>Learned about biobrick restriction sites and sticky ends
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<li>Ordered lox oligos
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''June 4, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Mini prepped RBS-TetA-TT
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<li>RX Fragment digestion for RBS-TetA-TT
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<li>Analyzed the optimization of tetA sequence and researched properties of Lox sites
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<li>Debugged Simulations
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<li>Sent off parts for sequencing
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<li>Learned the transformation protocol
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</li>
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''June 7, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Ligate and plasmid check for pSB1A2 or pSB1AK3
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<li>Began working to improve the Lancelator and created histograms for simulations
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</li>
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<li>Gel purified vector for lox ligations
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<li>Divided up constructs to be ligated
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''June 8, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Double digest on pBAD-RBS-RFP to make an RS fragment insert </li>
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<li>Worked on a Perl program that check for Bio Brick Restriction Sites
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<li>Analyzed sequencing results using ApE program
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<li>BOUGHT HAWAIIAN SHIRTS!!!!!
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''June 9, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>EcoRI and PstI digest on pLac and pBad colonies
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<li>Arabinose and IPTG concentration experiments started </li>
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<li>Continued work on the Lancelator program and began working on a different simulation for Construct C and D
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<li>Annealed lox oligos together
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<li>Gel purified pBad+RBS+Cre (“Cre construct” from 2010 igem kit plate)
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''June 10, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Picked 14 colonies from pLac-RBS-RFP and pLac-RBS-RFP-RBS plates
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<li> Started inducer curve experiments</li>
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<li>Linked Lancelator code to the website and continued simulations
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<li>Performed ligations involving lox sites
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''June 11, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Ligated S03736 into pSB1A7 vector
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<li>EcoRI/PstI digest on pLac-RBS-RFP-RBS colonies</li>
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<li>Added new features to the Lancelator and worked on numerically representing Construct C for the Matlab simulation
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<li>Performed colony PCR screening for the first ligations
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''June 14, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>EcoRI/PstI diagnostic digest performed on pBad-RBS-RFP colonies 
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<li>Inducer curve experiment started on pBad and pLac constructs </li>
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<li>Debugged Lancelator and finished numerical representation for the simulation
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<li>Size verified lox forward and lox reverse sites
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<li>Ligated “cre construct” into low, medium, and high copy kanamycin resistant vectors
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''June 15, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Ligated pLac-RBS-RFP + RBS-TetA
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<li>IPTG experiment started on pLacI-RBS-RFP </li>
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<li>Worked on the color schemes for the new Oligator
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<li>Created a new construct that might be helpful for the biologists
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<li>Planning for Amp+Tet experiments
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<li>First “cre construct” ligations failed
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''June 16, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>EcoRI/PstI diagnostic digest performed on pLac-RBS-RFP in pSB1A7 vector
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<li>IPTG experiment started on plates with pLac and pLacI constructs </li>
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<li>Began working on a Java code that will run simulations for all the constructs
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<li>Researched on NP-Complete problems
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<li>Religated “cre construct”
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<li>Lox sites sent off for sequencing
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''June 17, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Flourimeter data collected from IPTG experiment
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<li>Ligated pLacI-RBS-RFP + RBS-TetA </li>
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<li>Worked on graphics of the Java program
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<li>Studied specific NP-Complete problems and brainstormed ways to incorporate them in our project
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<li>Lox sites were frozen down and entered in GCAT-alog
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<li>Agar plates were prepared for Amp+Tet experiments
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''June 18, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Picked 4 colonies from pLacI-RBS-RFP-RBS-TetA plates
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<li>IPTG experiment started using newly created IPTG  </li>
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<li>Debugged the Java program
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<li>Created a new page for the GCAT server
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<li>Planned kanamycin experiments
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''June 21, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Digested TetA with EcoRI/NheI
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<li>Annealed oligos for optimized and deoptimized TetA segment 1  </li>
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<li>Improved the Java program
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<li>Began categorizing the knapsack problem into subparts
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<li>Successfully ligated ptet+different lox sites
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<li>Planned different combinations of variant lox sites
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''June 22, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Ligated annealed TetA oligos into digested TetA
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<li>Inducer curve experiment started on pLac and pLacI constructs  </li>
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<li>Added buttons to the java program
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<li>Brainstormed biological implications in different NP-Complete problems
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<li>Confirmed successful ligations of lox sites from sequencing results
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<li>First pilot test for Amp+Tet experiments
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''June 23, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Preparative NheI/BamHI digest performed on TetA
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<li>Preparative EcoRI/NheI digest performed on TetA </li>
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<li>Restructuring and reorganizing the Java program
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<li>Reviewed numerical algorithms and its relation to NP-Complete problems
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<li>Researched data on possible transcription terminator in Tet A
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<li>Failure of cre experiments
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''June 24, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Annealed optimized and deoptimized segment 1 TetA ligated into vector
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<li>Annealed optimized and deoptimized segment 2 TetA ligatied into vector</li>
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<li>Added weight characteristic to the fluorescent proteins in the Java code
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<li>Continued exploration of NP-Complete problems
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<li>Ligations to construct tet constructs
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''June 27, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Inducer curve experiment started on pLac and pLacI constructs
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<li>Picked colonies from TetA segment 1 & 2 optimized & deoptimized plates </li>
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<li>Added histograms to the Java Code
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<li>Researched and analyzed the effectiveness of Cre
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<li>Size verification of ptet+variant lox sites
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''June 28, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul><li>Added the option for the user to input the weights of the various modules and began work on custom construct builder
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<li>Picked colonies from TetA segment 1 & 2 optimized & deoptimized plates </li>
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<li>Planned to ligate pBad+RBS+Cre in ampicillin resistant vectors
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<li>Researched plasmid partitioning
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''June 29, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Screened segment 1 optimized and deoptimized candidate clones using RFLP
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<li>Screened segment 2 optimized and deoptimized candidate clones using RFLP </li>
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<li>Finished the simulation program and exported it
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<li>Explored the set covering problem
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<li>Researched applications of the knapsack problem in cryptography
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<li>Ligated ptet+LoxP+RBS+RFP
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''June 30, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Tet titration experiment performed on pLac and pLacI +RBS-RFP-RBS-TetA
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<li>Ligated TetA onto pLac and pLacI +RBS-RFP-RBS-TetA with no terminator  </li>
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<li>Some final work on the simulation program
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<li>Discussed new ideas such as integer programming
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<li>PCR screening of “RFP construct”
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<li>Ptet+variant lox sites were frozen down
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''July 1, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Preparative BamHI/NheI digest performed on TetA
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<li>New experiment protocol developed for reduced vector background noise  </li>
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<li>Added terminators to the program
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<li>Ran test trials of the program and analyzed its results
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<li>Planned experiments for using Cre as “front” and “back” vector
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<li>Ligated first “floxed” constructs
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''July 2, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Mini prepped, diagnostic RP digest, preparative digest, ligation, pBAD+RBS-RFP </li>
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<li>Continued work on the categorization of the knapsack problem
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<li>Researched Instant Insanity problem
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<li>PCR screening for “floxed constructs”
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''July 6, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Ligated S04446 and S04447 to J31007
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<li>Tet titration experiment performed on pLac and pLacI +RBS-RFP-RBS-TetA </li>
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<li>Added direction of terminators in the simulation
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<li>Researched cryptography application
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<li>Size verified “floxed constructs”
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<li>Digested “Cre construct” as front and back vector
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''July 7, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Ligated S04448 to RBS-TetA
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<li>Ligated S04449 to RBS-TetA</li>
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<li>Fixed memory leak in the simulation program
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<li>Researched integer programming
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<li>Sent off “floxed constructs" for sequencing
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<li>Ligated “floxed constructs” into pBad+RBS+Cre as “front” and “back” vector 
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''July 8, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>IPTG experiment started using pre-induced method 
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<li>IPTG experiment started using varying levels of tetracycline  </li>
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<li>Worked on animation for the simulation and continued analysis of the results of the simulation
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<li>Discussed integer programming as a group
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<li>Data suggests something wrong with “cre construct”
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''July 9, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Picked optimized and deoptimized TetA colonies
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<li>Flourimeter data collected from IPTG experiment  </li>
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<li>Revised some features on the program
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<li>Began working on theoretical probability models of the different constructs
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<li>Further experiments with “cre construct”
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''July 10, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Used RFLP to screen for candidate TetA clones
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<li>Transformed various pLac and pLacI constructs into MG1655 cells </li>
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<li>Experiments suggest pBad+RBS+Cre from iGem 2010 kit plate is incorrect
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''July 12, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Used RFLP to screen for candidate TetA clones
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<li>Transformed various pLac and pLacI constructs into MG1655 cells </li>
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<li>Added slider feature to the simulation program
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<li>Continued work on the theoretical probability model for Construct A of size 3
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<li>Tested “cre construct” from 2009 iGem kit plate
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''July 13, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Used RFLP to screen for candidate TetA clones
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<li>EcoRI/PstI diagnostic digest performed on K199150 </li>
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<li>Added custom prefixes and suffixes to the Oligator
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<li>Found a general equation for finding theoretical probabilities for Construct A of size 3
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<li>Sent off “floxed sites for sequencing”
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''July 14, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Ligated segment 2 optimized and deoptimzed TetA behind segment 1
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<li>IPTG experiment started on I715039-1 and I715039-2 </li>
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<li>Began analyzing MW optimization code
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<li>Finished theoretical probabilities for Construct A of size 3
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<li>Cre construct from 2009 plate was incorrect as well
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''July 15, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Cell count data collected from IPTG experiments
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<li>Flourimeter data collected from IPTG experiments </li>
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<li>Worked on a separate program using the CAI equation
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<li>Began working on theoretical probabilities for Construct A of size 4
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<li>Ligated more “floxed constructs”
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''July 16, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Tet titration experiment started using pSB3T5 vector
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<li>Tet titration experiment started using optimized and deoptimized TetA </li>
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<li>Added changes to the optimizer code
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<li>Researched how to solve a system of recursive relations into closed form
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<li>Decided to ligate cre into pBad+RBS and pLac+RBS
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''July 19, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Cell count data collected from Tet titrations
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<li>Tet titration experiment started using optimized and deoptimized TetA </li>
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<li>Fixed the error in the CAI optimization program
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<li>Continued analyzing systems of recursive relations
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<li>Ligated pBad+RBS+Cre and pLac+RBS+Cre
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''July 20, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Flourimeter data collected on IPTG experiment </li>
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<li>Adapted the Oligator page for the Optimization program, now called the Optimus
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<li>Made progress on solving the system of recursive relations that we have
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<li>Performed IPTG and tet experiments
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<li>PCR screened both “cre constructs”
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<li>pBad+RBS+Cre ligation unsuccesful
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</ul>
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<br>
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'''July 21, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>IPTG experiment started on optimized and deoptmized TetA constructs
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<li>Passage I715039-1 and I715039-2 experiments started  </li>
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<li>Started to link the ruby program on the webpage
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<li>Finished theoretical probabilities for Construct A of size 4
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<li>"Floxed constructs" ligated into pLac+RBS+Cre
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</ul>
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<br>'''July 22, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>IPTG experiment started using varying tetracycline concentrations
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<li>Cell count data collected on IPTG TetA experiment </li>
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<li>Linked the Optimus on the webpage
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<li>Started theoretical probabilities for Construct A of size 5
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<li>Cre was religated into pBad+RBS
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</ul>
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<br>
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<br>'''July 23, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Cell count data collected from IPTG experiment
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<li>Flourimeter data collected from IPTG experiment </li>
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<li>Worked on the tutorial for the Optimus and added various features
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<li>Worked on a Matlab tool based on the pancake problem that can find the theoretical probabilities of different modules in different positions
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<li>Last of the “floxed constructs” were ligated
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</ul>
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<br>
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<br>'''July 26, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Missouri traveled to Davidson to work on wiki and presentation materials
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<li>The two campuses reunite and share recent findings </li>
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</ul>
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<br>
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<br>'''July 27, 2010'''
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<hr>
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<ul>
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<li>Began work on the team wiki </li>
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</ul>
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<br>
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<br>'''October 25, 2010'''
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<ul>
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<li>Finalizing team wiki </li>
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Latest revision as of 04:33, 26 October 2010

Notebook

May 25, 2010 to May 29, 2010

  • Davidson traveled to Missouri Western and further discussed project ideas


June 1, 2010

  • Tested to find lethal concentration of Tet in plated and liquid mediums
  • Verified RCBS with our sequences and researched codon optimization methods
  • Analyzed probabilities for constructs A and B
  • Learned lab protocols and organized lab
  • Created list of needed parts and parts we need


June 2, 2010

  • Mini prepped, diagnostic RP digest, preparative digest, ligation, pBAD+RBS-RFP
  • Researched different ways to optimize a gene
  • Began simulation for Constructs A and B
  • Learned miniprep and digestion protocols
  • Learned how to document gels


June 3, 2010

  • Mini prepped, diagnostic RP digest, preparative digest, ligation, pBAD+RBS-RFP
  • Researched restriction sites and created proposal for gene optimization
  • Continued work on simulation in Java and Matlab
  • Learned about biobrick restriction sites and sticky ends
  • Ordered lox oligos


June 4, 2010

  • Mini prepped RBS-TetA-TT
  • RX Fragment digestion for RBS-TetA-TT
  • Analyzed the optimization of tetA sequence and researched properties of Lox sites
  • Debugged Simulations
  • Sent off parts for sequencing
  • Learned the transformation protocol


June 7, 2010

  • Ligate and plasmid check for pSB1A2 or pSB1AK3
  • Began working to improve the Lancelator and created histograms for simulations
  • Gel purified vector for lox ligations
  • Divided up constructs to be ligated


June 8, 2010

  • Double digest on pBAD-RBS-RFP to make an RS fragment insert
  • Worked on a Perl program that check for Bio Brick Restriction Sites
  • Analyzed sequencing results using ApE program
  • BOUGHT HAWAIIAN SHIRTS!!!!!


June 9, 2010

  • EcoRI and PstI digest on pLac and pBad colonies
  • Arabinose and IPTG concentration experiments started
  • Continued work on the Lancelator program and began working on a different simulation for Construct C and D
  • Annealed lox oligos together
  • Gel purified pBad+RBS+Cre (“Cre construct” from 2010 igem kit plate)


June 10, 2010

  • Picked 14 colonies from pLac-RBS-RFP and pLac-RBS-RFP-RBS plates
  • Started inducer curve experiments
  • Linked Lancelator code to the website and continued simulations
  • Performed ligations involving lox sites


June 11, 2010

  • Ligated S03736 into pSB1A7 vector
  • EcoRI/PstI digest on pLac-RBS-RFP-RBS colonies
  • Added new features to the Lancelator and worked on numerically representing Construct C for the Matlab simulation
  • Performed colony PCR screening for the first ligations


June 14, 2010

  • EcoRI/PstI diagnostic digest performed on pBad-RBS-RFP colonies
  • Inducer curve experiment started on pBad and pLac constructs
  • Debugged Lancelator and finished numerical representation for the simulation
  • Size verified lox forward and lox reverse sites
  • Ligated “cre construct” into low, medium, and high copy kanamycin resistant vectors


June 15, 2010

  • Ligated pLac-RBS-RFP + RBS-TetA
  • IPTG experiment started on pLacI-RBS-RFP
  • Worked on the color schemes for the new Oligator
  • Created a new construct that might be helpful for the biologists
  • Planning for Amp+Tet experiments
  • First “cre construct” ligations failed


June 16, 2010

  • EcoRI/PstI diagnostic digest performed on pLac-RBS-RFP in pSB1A7 vector
  • IPTG experiment started on plates with pLac and pLacI constructs
  • Began working on a Java code that will run simulations for all the constructs
  • Researched on NP-Complete problems
  • Religated “cre construct”
  • Lox sites sent off for sequencing


June 17, 2010

  • Flourimeter data collected from IPTG experiment
  • Ligated pLacI-RBS-RFP + RBS-TetA
  • Worked on graphics of the Java program
  • Studied specific NP-Complete problems and brainstormed ways to incorporate them in our project
  • Lox sites were frozen down and entered in GCAT-alog
  • Agar plates were prepared for Amp+Tet experiments


June 18, 2010

  • Picked 4 colonies from pLacI-RBS-RFP-RBS-TetA plates
  • IPTG experiment started using newly created IPTG
  • Debugged the Java program
  • Created a new page for the GCAT server
  • Planned kanamycin experiments


June 21, 2010

  • Digested TetA with EcoRI/NheI
  • Annealed oligos for optimized and deoptimized TetA segment 1
  • Improved the Java program
  • Began categorizing the knapsack problem into subparts
  • Successfully ligated ptet+different lox sites
  • Planned different combinations of variant lox sites


June 22, 2010

  • Ligated annealed TetA oligos into digested TetA
  • Inducer curve experiment started on pLac and pLacI constructs
  • Added buttons to the java program
  • Brainstormed biological implications in different NP-Complete problems
  • Confirmed successful ligations of lox sites from sequencing results
  • First pilot test for Amp+Tet experiments


June 23, 2010

  • Preparative NheI/BamHI digest performed on TetA
  • Preparative EcoRI/NheI digest performed on TetA
  • Restructuring and reorganizing the Java program
  • Reviewed numerical algorithms and its relation to NP-Complete problems
  • Researched data on possible transcription terminator in Tet A
  • Failure of cre experiments


June 24, 2010

  • Annealed optimized and deoptimized segment 1 TetA ligated into vector
  • Annealed optimized and deoptimized segment 2 TetA ligatied into vector
  • Added weight characteristic to the fluorescent proteins in the Java code
  • Continued exploration of NP-Complete problems
  • Ligations to construct tet constructs


June 27, 2010

  • Inducer curve experiment started on pLac and pLacI constructs
  • Picked colonies from TetA segment 1 & 2 optimized & deoptimized plates
  • Added histograms to the Java Code
  • Researched and analyzed the effectiveness of Cre
  • Size verification of ptet+variant lox sites


June 28, 2010

  • Added the option for the user to input the weights of the various modules and began work on custom construct builder
  • Picked colonies from TetA segment 1 & 2 optimized & deoptimized plates
  • Planned to ligate pBad+RBS+Cre in ampicillin resistant vectors
  • Researched plasmid partitioning


June 29, 2010

  • Screened segment 1 optimized and deoptimized candidate clones using RFLP
  • Screened segment 2 optimized and deoptimized candidate clones using RFLP
  • Finished the simulation program and exported it
  • Explored the set covering problem
  • Researched applications of the knapsack problem in cryptography
  • Ligated ptet+LoxP+RBS+RFP


June 30, 2010

  • Tet titration experiment performed on pLac and pLacI +RBS-RFP-RBS-TetA
  • Ligated TetA onto pLac and pLacI +RBS-RFP-RBS-TetA with no terminator
  • Some final work on the simulation program
  • Discussed new ideas such as integer programming
  • PCR screening of “RFP construct”
  • Ptet+variant lox sites were frozen down


July 1, 2010

  • Preparative BamHI/NheI digest performed on TetA
  • New experiment protocol developed for reduced vector background noise
  • Added terminators to the program
  • Ran test trials of the program and analyzed its results
  • Planned experiments for using Cre as “front” and “back” vector
  • Ligated first “floxed” constructs


July 2, 2010

  • Mini prepped, diagnostic RP digest, preparative digest, ligation, pBAD+RBS-RFP
  • Continued work on the categorization of the knapsack problem
  • Researched Instant Insanity problem
  • PCR screening for “floxed constructs”


July 6, 2010

  • Ligated S04446 and S04447 to J31007
  • Tet titration experiment performed on pLac and pLacI +RBS-RFP-RBS-TetA
  • Added direction of terminators in the simulation
  • Researched cryptography application
  • Size verified “floxed constructs”
  • Digested “Cre construct” as front and back vector


July 7, 2010

  • Ligated S04448 to RBS-TetA
  • Ligated S04449 to RBS-TetA
  • Fixed memory leak in the simulation program
  • Researched integer programming
  • Sent off “floxed constructs" for sequencing
  • Ligated “floxed constructs” into pBad+RBS+Cre as “front” and “back” vector


July 8, 2010

  • IPTG experiment started using pre-induced method
  • IPTG experiment started using varying levels of tetracycline
  • Worked on animation for the simulation and continued analysis of the results of the simulation
  • Discussed integer programming as a group
  • Data suggests something wrong with “cre construct”


July 9, 2010

  • Picked optimized and deoptimized TetA colonies
  • Flourimeter data collected from IPTG experiment
  • Revised some features on the program
  • Began working on theoretical probability models of the different constructs
  • Further experiments with “cre construct”


July 10, 2010

  • Used RFLP to screen for candidate TetA clones
  • Transformed various pLac and pLacI constructs into MG1655 cells
  • Experiments suggest pBad+RBS+Cre from iGem 2010 kit plate is incorrect


July 12, 2010

  • Used RFLP to screen for candidate TetA clones
  • Transformed various pLac and pLacI constructs into MG1655 cells
  • Added slider feature to the simulation program
  • Continued work on the theoretical probability model for Construct A of size 3
  • Tested “cre construct” from 2009 iGem kit plate


July 13, 2010

  • Used RFLP to screen for candidate TetA clones
  • EcoRI/PstI diagnostic digest performed on K199150
  • Added custom prefixes and suffixes to the Oligator
  • Found a general equation for finding theoretical probabilities for Construct A of size 3
  • Sent off “floxed sites for sequencing”


July 14, 2010

  • Ligated segment 2 optimized and deoptimzed TetA behind segment 1
  • IPTG experiment started on I715039-1 and I715039-2
  • Began analyzing MW optimization code
  • Finished theoretical probabilities for Construct A of size 3
  • Cre construct from 2009 plate was incorrect as well


July 15, 2010

  • Cell count data collected from IPTG experiments
  • Flourimeter data collected from IPTG experiments
  • Worked on a separate program using the CAI equation
  • Began working on theoretical probabilities for Construct A of size 4
  • Ligated more “floxed constructs”


July 16, 2010

  • Tet titration experiment started using pSB3T5 vector
  • Tet titration experiment started using optimized and deoptimized TetA
  • Added changes to the optimizer code
  • Researched how to solve a system of recursive relations into closed form
  • Decided to ligate cre into pBad+RBS and pLac+RBS


July 19, 2010

  • Cell count data collected from Tet titrations
  • Tet titration experiment started using optimized and deoptimized TetA
  • Fixed the error in the CAI optimization program
  • Continued analyzing systems of recursive relations
  • Ligated pBad+RBS+Cre and pLac+RBS+Cre


July 20, 2010

  • Flourimeter data collected on IPTG experiment
  • Adapted the Oligator page for the Optimization program, now called the Optimus
  • Made progress on solving the system of recursive relations that we have
  • Performed IPTG and tet experiments
  • PCR screened both “cre constructs”
  • pBad+RBS+Cre ligation unsuccesful


July 21, 2010

  • IPTG experiment started on optimized and deoptmized TetA constructs
  • Passage I715039-1 and I715039-2 experiments started
  • Started to link the ruby program on the webpage
  • Finished theoretical probabilities for Construct A of size 4
  • "Floxed constructs" ligated into pLac+RBS+Cre


July 22, 2010

  • IPTG experiment started using varying tetracycline concentrations
  • Cell count data collected on IPTG TetA experiment
  • Linked the Optimus on the webpage
  • Started theoretical probabilities for Construct A of size 5
  • Cre was religated into pBad+RBS



July 23, 2010

  • Cell count data collected from IPTG experiment
  • Flourimeter data collected from IPTG experiment
  • Worked on the tutorial for the Optimus and added various features
  • Worked on a Matlab tool based on the pancake problem that can find the theoretical probabilities of different modules in different positions
  • Last of the “floxed constructs” were ligated



July 26, 2010

  • Missouri traveled to Davidson to work on wiki and presentation materials
  • The two campuses reunite and share recent findings



July 27, 2010

  • Began work on the team wiki



October 25, 2010

  • Finalizing team wiki


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